This presentation was presented at the second public workshop to familiarize the public with the consulting team's Draft Optimized Restoration Design. Members of the public were then able to ask questions and give feedback about the design of the 4 different project areas.
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LCW Restoration Plan & EIR- Public Workshop #2
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Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority
Los Cerritos Wetlands Restoration Plan &
Program Environmental Impact Report
Public Workshop #2
September 26, 6:00-8:00pm, Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach
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• Workshop Goal:
• Discuss optimized restoration design
• Workshop Objectives:
• Update on planning progress
• Describe draft restoration design
• Review results from Workshop #1
• Perform workshop activity to generate feedback on
draft restoration design
Los Cerritos Wetlands Restoration Plan &
Program Environmental Impact Report
Public Workshop #2
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• Courteous Behavior Requested
• Focus your input on the meeting objectives
• Honor the agenda and time limits for
discussion
• Interact respectfully, no cross talk
• Direct your questions and comments to the
presenters, not other community members
• Turn off or silence cell phones
Safety and Ground Rules
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Project Organization Chart
Consulting Team
Environmental Science Associates
Community
Stakeholders
Public
Involvement
Plan
Technical Advisory
Committee
Staff from
Applicable
Organizations
Steering Committee:
RMC, Coastal Conservancy,
Cities of Seal and Long Beach
Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority:
Project Manager
Any Questions?
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Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority
• Formed in 2006
• Comprised of the State Coastal Conservancy,
Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, City of Long
Beach and City of Seal Beach
• Promotes acquisition, restoration, conservation
and management of the Los Cerritos Wetlands
• LCWA Board approved the Los Cerritos
Wetlands Draft Conceptual Restoration Plan in
August 2015
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Why Are We Here?
• Grant funding received to initiate next steps
• Requires determining an “optimized” restoration
alternative and preparation of a Program
Environmental Impact Report (PEIR)
• Approximately 2-year process with numerous
opportunities for public participation throughout
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Conceptual Restoration Plan
• Report approved by the LCWA board on August 12, 2015
• 4-year long consensus driven planning process
• 6 public workshops
• 8 Technical Advisory Committee meetings
• 3 Restoration Alternatives conceptualized for the entire complex
• Provided framework for wetlands restoration in LCW
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Project Goals and Objectives
• Restore tidal wetland process and functions to the
maximum extent possible
• Maximize contiguous habitat areas and maximize the
buffer between habitat and sources of human disturbance.
• Create a public access and interpretive program this is
practical, protective of sensitive habitat and ongoing oil
operations, economically feasible, and will ensure a
memorable visitor experience.
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Project Goals and Objectives
• Incorporate phasing of implementation to accommodate
existing and future potential changes in land ownership and
usage, and as funding becomes available.
• Strive for long-term restoration success.
• Integrate experimental actions and research into the
project, where appropriate, to inform restoration and
management actions for this project.
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Opportunities and Constraints
Identified in Conceptual Restoration Plan:
• Topography/Landforms/Soils
• Tidal Exchange/Local Watersheds/Hydrology
• Ecology
• Climate Change
• Infrastructure
• Human Interaction
• Regulatory/Implementation
Additional considerations for developing Optimized
Alternative:
• Flood management
• Land ownership
• Phasing
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North Area
• Parcel restored and oil operations removed consistent with
the Los Cerritos Wetlands Oil Consolidation and
Restoration Project proposed by Beach Oil Minerals
Partners (BOMP)
• Northern portion includes restoration in the “near term”
• Southern portion includes restoration in the “long term”
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Central Area
• Connecting to SGR achieves goal of restoring tidal marsh
processes and functions
• If breaching SGR levee, need new flood protection
• LCWA property available now, but need to protect oil
infrastructure in place
• Long Beach property available in the future; oil
infrastructure will be removed
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Isthmus Area
• Assumed Bryant property could be restored (next to Zedler
marsh) in Phase 1
• Callaway marsh would be restored once Haynes Cooling
Channel is decommissioned (Phase 2)
• Signal Hill property would likely not be restored until long
term
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South Area
• Connecting to Haynes Cooling Channel (once
decommissioned) achieves goal of restoring tidal marsh
processes and functions
• If breaching HCC berm, need new flood protection for
Hellman
• LCWA property available now
• Haynes Cooling Channel to be decommissioned in near or
mid-term
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Last Public Workshop – Public Access
• Guidance from public:
− Minimize impacts to habitat
− Perimeter trails with viewpoints
− Restricted access to trails within marsh
− Passive access
− Minimize parking
• Approach:
− Consistent with CRP and Stewardship Program Vision Plan
− Consistent with public input from Workshop #1
− Utilize the surrounding uplands and levees
− Keep public access on the perimeter
− Connect to existing trails
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Program vs Project EIR
• Project-level EIR:
generally focuses on
environmental changes
caused by a project
(including planning,
construction, and
operation).
• Program EIR: generally
looks at the broad policy
of a planning document
and may not address
potential site-specific
impacts of the individual
projects within the
planning document.
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Program vs Project EIR
• Project-level EIR:
generally focuses on
environmental changes
caused by a project
(including planning,
construction, and
operation).
• Program EIR: generally
looks at the broad policy
of a planning document
and may not address
potential site-specific
impacts of the individual
projects within the
planning document.
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After a Program EIR…
• Individual projects can “tier” off of Program EIR
− Use previous analysis
− Focus only on project-specific issues
− If within the scope of the program, no new CEQA doc
required, but must implement any mitigation
measures
• Over time, the existing setting may change and
certain analyses (like bio surveys) would need to be
redone
− But Program EIR provides benefit of base analysis
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Optimized Restoration Alternative Planning Strategy
• Develop Optimized Restoration Alternative for program-
level EIR
• Focus on near-term implementation areas
− Provide more details to support EIR and implementation
• Less detail on long-term areas, since additional
environmental analysis will be needed after 20+ years
ERIC
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Please hold your questions until the end
REEMA:
CRP provided framework for wetlands restoration throughout the LCW complex
4+ year process which included 6 public workshops, 8 TAC meetings
REEMA:
Historic: ~2,400 acres stretching ~2 miles inland.
Current: ~500 acres
Public ownership: 256 acres
172 acres (LCWA = Bryant, OTD, Hellman),
10 acres (SB = GG Park),
33 acres (LB = Marketplace Marsh),
41 acres (OC Flood Control District = Retarding Basin)
Private: 244 acres, different landowners
REEMA:
State Coastal Conservancy and RMC provided grant funding
Determine proposed ecological restoration alternative design, analyzing potential impacts resulting from implementation throughout entire LCW complex.
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Do you want to mention anything re. flood management….sheet pile wall between north and south areas? Any flood management design for southern area?
Program- provides connectedness and ties together larger project
While program doesn’t provide all of the details now, it sets projects up to address more focused topics in the future